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MESSAGES TO PRIME MINISTER. LONDON, 29th September. Official. — General headquarters report that the movements of the British Force and French armies are in immediate touch. The 23rd passed without incident as regard the major operations, though the enemy concentrated heavy artillery fire upon the plateau near Paissy. DUEL IN THE AIR. The absence of wind gave our airmen a chance of gathering much information. One of our aviators, who has been particularly active in annoying the enemy, was wounded in a duel in the air, being alone on a single-seater monoplane and unable to use his rifle. Whilst circling above a German two-seater and endeavouring to get within pistol shot he was hit by tho observer in the latter. Twenty -fourth. — A lull in the action. Heavy German shells falling, mostly near Pargnan. - Many flights made by aviators (French, British, and German), producing much activity. THE EMDEN AGAIN. Admiralty announces that the German cruiser Emden during a few days captured and sank in the Indian Ocean the British steamers Pumeric, King Lud, Ribera, Goyle, and captured the collier Buresk. The crews of these vessels were transferred to the steamer Drysdale, which landed the crews at Colombo this morning. [The King Lud was a steamer of 3650 tons, built in 1906, and owned by the King Line (Phillips, Phillips, and Co.). The Ribera was of 3500 tons, owned by the Bolton S.S. Company, and built in 1904. The Buresk is a brand new j steamer of 4350 tons, owned by Messrs. I Burdick and Cooke. The other steamers' I names do, not appear in Lloyd's register, and have probaoly been mutilated in transmission.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 79, 30 September 1914, Page 8
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274OFFICIAL NEWS Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 79, 30 September 1914, Page 8
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